Skill Level 2Occupations at Skill Level 2 typically involve the performance of tasks such as operating machinery and electronic equipment; driving vehicles; maintenance and repair of electrical and mechanical equipment; and manipulation, ordering and storage of information

Skill Level 3Occupations at Skill Level 3 typically involve the performance of complex technical and practical tasks that require an extensive body of factual, technical and procedural knowledge in a specialized field.

Skill Level 4Occupations at Skill Level 4 typically involve the performance of tasks that require complex problem-solving, decision-making and creativity based on an extensive body of theoretical and factual knowledge in a specialized field.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

A combination of low compensation and high regulatory pressures are squeezing the occupation worldwide (indeed, Accessed 25/06/2018), (The Journal , 2016).

Pharmaceutical Assistants and Technicians are enjoying a boom because of the explosion growth of prescription drugs and pharmacies (GE booted from the Dow, to be replaced by Walgreens, 2018). But there daily operations are quite mundane and repetitive which is the kind of work ideally suited to automation as it has started since the mid-2000s (AJP, 2016), although the cost of substitution could prevent smaller pharmacies from adopting them just yet (Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2018)

The industrial application of dispensers in the pharmaceutical industry has slowly started to take off and replacing humans “…optimize prescription fulfilment, improve efficiency and deliver enhanced patient-centred consultations…“ (Leanne, 2016) not mention to ensure less mistakes or “…adverse drug events…” (Manjoo, 2011).

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The ScriptPro Robotic dispensing systems are fully operational systems that are able to use limited space efficiently, minimize mistakes, handle high volume of traffic and perform full range of operations, such as easy filing, labelling, verifying and dispersing using RFID technologies.

Pharmacy Automation Systems provides a wide range of products, from software that assists pharmacist technicians and assistants perform the work better and more securely to fully automated systems that can be responsible for close to 100 % of the work.